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DTIC ADA613558: Probiotic (VSL#3) for Gulf War Illness

by: Defense Technical Information Center

Publication date: 2014-10-01

Topics: DTIC Archive, , WESTERN INST FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SALT LAKE CITY UT, *GASTROENTERITIS, DIARRHEA, ILLNESS, INTESTINES, PERSIAN GULF WAR, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, VETERANS(MILITARY PERSONNEL),

Collection: dticarchive; additional_collections

Language: English

The overall objective of the study is to determine whether probiotic VSL#3 will improve 1) intestinal symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and 2) non-intestinal symptoms (fatigue, joint pain, insomnia, general stiffness and headache) associated with IBS. All of these symptoms are part of the Gulf War illness. We screened our first participant in September 2013. Overall we have screened 47 and enrolled 26 Gulf War Veterans so far. Our efforts are ongoing to recruit more Gulf War veterans. The first set of stool samples have been sent to Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory microbiota analysis.